Google is already under EU scrutiny for breaches of antitrust regulation. Now the search giant's privacy settings are also drawing negative attention.
According to The Guardian, CNIL (France's data protection agency), and other EU data protection commissioners will announce that Google breaches EU privacy regulations, by not offering users a chance to opt out of the "consolidation" of all their data.
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Felix Baumgartner will attempt to skydive from "the edge of space" - in about an hour.
Baumgartner will jump out of a helium balloon at 36,580 m in an attempt to become the first parachutist to break the sound barrier. The launch was initially scheduled for 9 October 2012 but was aborted due to adverse weather conditions. You can access the YouTube livefeed by clicking on the YouTube frame at the top.
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Lit motors is probably one of the most fascinating things in the automotive industry at this moment: it's not a scooter, and it's not a car, but it does combine the advantages of both.
Lit motors is an electrical vehicle on two wheels (like a scooter) but with a fully closed body (like a car). It's kept upright thanks to two gyroscopes at the bottom. No worries about this thing tipping over, says Lit Motors: they ... Read more

We wrote earlier this week that the telecoms are quite optimistic about their future earnings, even going as far as predicting that the fat nineties might return, revenue wise. When they keep sending out bills like this, we have no doubt they will succeed: a French user holds the dubious honor of receiving the most expensive phone bill ever recorded. Specifically, BT sent him a bill for 11,721,000,000,000,000 € ... Read more